"This was a GREAT truck for the 1st 30,000 miles.
Since then nothing but unreliability.
I bought the truck new and drove it some, but not a lot.
Warranty stopped after 3 years. At 5 years and 30K miles
I was driving on a 50 mile trip and the motor started losing power and then stopped. I rolled into a gas station and put in 5 gal of gas. Truck started and ran fine. On my way back home it started losing power AGAIN. Pulled off road, shut off engine, waited 10 secs, restarted and it ran fine. Did this one more time going home. NEVER GOT ANY ERROR CODES. Took truck to dealer (110 miles away) for 2 minor recalls. Dealer had truck for 1 week, found nothing. When I picked it up the service manager suggested changing IPDM. A couple of weeks later I had another engine power loss. I bought a new IPDM from dealer, installed it and problem appeared to be fixed. This all happened in 2011 at 31,000 miles. Now in 2015 and 35,000 miles the problem has
started AGAIN. I put in an ECM relay but it did not fix problem. I put in YET ANOTHER IPDM, problem occurred in 40 miles on a trip. Here's the kicker, I can pull over, turn off the engine, restart and have full power (for awhile).
Now I had 2 error codes that pointed to the fuel pump and
the MAF sensor. I replaced the fuel pump and cleaned the MAF. I then drove the truck on a 120 (240 round) trip. The
truck ran fine (FIXED - NO). A month later I made the same
trip and the motor quit dead (didn't lose power as before)
but just quit at 80 MPH. Pulled over, turned off, restarted
and had full power AGAIN. 30 miles (at 80 MPH) motor just
quit again. I was in Grand Junction so I took it to the NISSAN dealer there, they checked it over (for free) and found nothing wrong. I then drove it back home and it quit
DEAD 2 miles from my home. Turned off, restarted, and drove
on home. A month later I took it up in the mountains and stopped on a narrow road to talk with some people. Left it
idling for about 10 minutes, motor went into LIMP mode.
Turned off, had to wait 20 minutes before it would run again, then it ran fine. This problem had happened 3 years
earlier but I dismissed it to vapor lock because it was over 100 and I had left truck idling with AC on. Anyway,
I finished my mountain trip with no further problems, even
on the 50 mile trip home. Called dealer next day and they
said that the most recent problem was cause by the EMC relay. Mine had less than 500 miles on it. I don't mind having to make repairs to a car or truck. BUT, when the dealer has no idea whats wrong and the truck has no less than 8 computers running the truck you would thing that the
computers could tell you something useful - NOT NISSAN.
Great truck if you don't travel more than 50 miles!"

Great Value

Reviewer Ratings

Overall Rating

10/10

Value

10/10

Reliability

10/10

Quality

9/10

Performance

10/10

Styling

9/10

Comfort

10/10

Pros: "Ride, power, utility, value."

Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10

"Purchased new. At the time it was the only 1/2ton truck that offered a crew cab with a long bed (7'3"). With the exception of a couple of minor electrical issues and needing a new battery, seven years later the truck is still running flawlessly."

"230,000 miles. About $3000.00 in repairs in almost 10 years. Still hasn't had a tune up. Starts right up. Still gets 15 ish mpg in mainly city driving.Hauled A/C equipment, towed trailers, worked it's butt off. My next truck will be a Titan."

"I looked for weeks-my wife found this in 10 min. tenneau cover run boards so clean if he told me it was a 2012wouldn't of known any different. He had to get me to test drive we were ready to drop the money and run!!!Roll windows no power locks WHO cares NICE TRUCK!!! I know older looking 9 yr old kids than this vehicle- BUT seriously NICE."

"I bought this 4X4 truck to tow a 6500lb travel trailer. It has been perfect in all weather and road conditions. The engine provides great power when towing and fun acceleration when driving solo. The ride is smooth and the interior is very comfortable...dual climate controls, nav system, sat radio, great sound system all at a reasonably low price. Because it has a short wheel base, it is very maneuverable in city traffic and parking garages where crew cab F250's drive like land barges."

Reliable work truck

Reviewer Ratings

Overall Rating

9/10

Value

8/10

Reliability

9/10

Quality

8/10

Performance

8/10

Styling

8/10

Comfort

8/10

Pros: "Value, low cost of ownershio"

Cons: "Cheap rusted screws"

Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10

"172k miles with very little maintenance issues. Changed rotors, serpentine belt, tires, part of the exhaust rusted, bolts holding the skid plate rusted. That's it. Had an issue with the fan as a chip went bad. Bought it online and replaced myself. Also, back right speaker went out shutting the stereo down.
Overall, I cannot complain. I put a lot of highway miles but I use it as a truck, not a vehicle that just happens to be a truck. Rarely wash it, haul firewood, dirt, stones, pull a landscape trailer. Goes through snow and at times I used 4wd low to get out of 2' of snow. Nissan hasn't changed the look except for the back window. Doubt I will buy another but I will keep this until it dies."